Kaitlyn Costa

It was really great working with the little kids.

This talk was so powerful. LeDerick Horne read the first poem and it was one of the best poems I have ever heard. It was real, strong, and lively. He did not stutter one bit and was so confident. When he started to tell us about his personal path, and what life was like for him growing up he started to say that he was so afraid to read outloud. Reading in front of the class, going around the room I could only think of two things. One is that I vividly remember myself being that young and being so scared to read aloud and worrying so much about messing up or not being able to say a word so I would count to try to find out what I would have to read and it would help a bit. The second that I really thought about was him saying how he was worried to mess up, and here he is today standing in front of tons of people, and he said he has to go on an hour zoom to talk later as well and he was excited and ready for it and he did this speech and that just goes to show how much he has grown since his own obstacles occurred.
Something that blew my mind was this quote “60% of students who had an IEP in high school indicated that they did not have a disability the year after they exited high school”. Why hide it? Why do people have to make fun of others? It shouldnt be something bad to look at, it is just different and different doesnt have to be bad either. Knowing that there are jobs now a days that only hire people on the spectrum and etc because of their specific work ethic and not a neurotypical person is so interesting. Because our minds work differently, it means that others have a different way about working or doing things that just make them better at the job than a neurotypical.

Worked with the same kids as last time and they were great. Cooking teacher is so nice to them and makes cooking seem so fun for them!

Donated T-shirts (5) to one of the sorority's

The staff was really nice. The kids were super funny and great to work with. We went to the kitchen today and the kids tried new things and made pinwheel wraps which made me think about my childhood. I also helped a few with homework (math).